— by Polydamas J.T. Hatter wrote a superb article on June 14, 2013 in The American Thinker titled “Is It Still 1984?” (http://bit.ly/11zTRYF). The article, which is reproduced in full below, draws together on the common denominator behind the recent…
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PRISM Planet: Blackmail For Political Hegemony
— by Polydamas In 1983, the British music band “The Police” released an album titled “Synchronicity”. Highlighting that album was a song called “Every Breath You Take” which won the band the 1984 Grammy “Song of the Year” award. The…
New York Times is a Latecomer to the Party
— by Polydamas On June 6, 2013, the editorial board of the New York Times wrote a remarkable editorial titled “President Obama’s Dragnet”. (http://nyti.ms/13oId70). The editorial reproduced in full below was not groundbreaking in terms of its depth of analysis…
Liberals Speaking Excuses to Power
— by Polydamas As more and more details filter in about the three major scandals that beset the second term of President Barack Obama, there is a very convenient narrative that is spun by President Obama’s handlers and repeated by…
Using the 800 lbs. Government Gorilla For Fun and Profit
— by Polydamas Over the past week and a half, the Obama administration and liberals in general feigned surprise and shock that the Internal Revenue Service and other supposedly neutral government agencies were used to intimidate and persecute their political…
The Dangers of Our Leviathan Government
— by Polydamas We here at The Cassandra Times have long read and admired the libertarian articles in Reason Magazine and highly recommend them. Steven Greenhut’s May 17, 2013 article “Obama’s Scandals Reveal the True Face of Government” (http://bit.ly/13t1Uru) beautifully expresses…
The Rise of America’s “Pravda”
— by Polydamas Kirsten Powers’ May 21, 2013 article titled ” How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press” in The Daily Beast’s (http://thebea.st/190d0dw) provides an excellent explanation how the administration of Barack Obama enjoyed four years…
If the IRS Does It, Then Who Else Does It Too?
— by Odysseus Some commentators have noted with justified concern that the Internal Revenue Service scandal becomes even more alarming when you consider that this is the agency that will be “administering” Obamacare. If the Internal Revenue Service is willing…
Why We Should Fear “Big Brother”
— by Polydamas The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan wrote an excellent column on May 16, 2013, titled ” This Is No Ordinary Scandal: Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government” (http://on.wsj.com/13q7VVZ). It should be…
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain!
— by Polydamas Even before and certainly during the first term of President Barack Hussein Obama, his administration enjoyed the adulation as well as the protection of the liberal mainstream media. The complicit media uncritically brushed aside such fundamental issues…